Smartphone Addiction cost Businesses $2,300 per year, per person

Written By: Cecelia Salvo, US
Over thousands of applications come available for smartphones like iPhones, Androids, Blackberry, as well as other high-end cellular devices. We are highly dependent on our mobile phones that we very often joke regarding being addicted. But, lots of people still do not understand the fact that smartphone obsession could perhaps be a real issue affecting a large number of people around the world.

One of ten mobile phone users now admit that they make use of their phones in the bathroom and even at work. The similar statistics even prove that fifty percent of people make use of phone while driving.
It is a huge problem, however, smartphone obsession will probably grow a lot more common as a result of the increasing demand for access to phones. Although with the new technology, you are able to gain access with your mobile phones anywhere.

Research released in Feb 2012 conducted by the British mobile phone technology organization SecurEnvoy, discovered that about two-thirds of the human population suffers from this phobia.
Just like numerous forms of addiction, mobile phone addiction can be something which frequently comes from some other underlying emotional as well as psychological problems. It could be a side-effect of depression or perhaps obsessive.

Research study reveals that today’s workers are without a doubt extremely connected to their mobile phones during working time, particularly the ones that allow users gain access to e-mails as well as perform what a PC can do. Additionally, workers are not using them just on the road nowadays, they make use of it during working hours in the office.

Since a lot of corporate personnel have spent a couple of years with mobile phone e-mail access, they rate these kinds of access important to them workdays, based on a study by Osterman. Research showed that an impressive 81 % of senior managers considered mobile messaging necessary or very important, in fact. A lot more than 70 % of IT staffers felt the exact same thing concerning mobile phone usage at work, and even close to 65 % of traveling salespeople noted the same rating.

Almost all workers have extended their usage of smartphones as well as mobile productivity gadgets beyond the whole world of e-mail. 85 % declared that mobile phone access to outlook is very important or to them.

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"The fun stuff comes from real life itself; if you just switch off, put away expectations and sit back and watch, it's hilarious! Way better than LOL Cats! "–Amanda CoxReal Mums

"I habitually turn my phone off when in meetings and during meals. Nothing is worse than to go to meet someone and they are busy taking calls when we are supposed to connect or to let one's meals or time with family and children be interrupted by calls and messages."–Michael D. RussoWhy Bankruptcy Rocks

"As a TV host, I can certainly understand the need in taking a time out more often than not in the world of technology. We have got to a point in society where a friend is replaced with something hand held, I join with moodoff day in taking just a little bit of our sensibilities and safety back!"–TIM E.D

"I wish we could have a moodoff day every month. What a great concept! Families need to reconnect and the only way to do it is to put your phone away and communicate the old fashioned way....face to face."–Shauna Sauer

"According to our research, texting and using our mobiles while driving has become part of normal everyday activity that most people do not even realise the risks they are taking with their own lives and the lives of others when they do this, so we encourage everyone to turn off, even if it is for just awhile."–Holly DorberLifeWise

"I don't know how I managed my busy schedule before I had my smart phone. At least they are smart enough to have an 'off' switch. Using it is the hard bit."–Mandy NolanMandy Nolan

"We here at Smart Solutions PR support the MoodOff Day campaign, as we know how DISTRACTING smartphones can be during the work day. We say – try a morning without your smartphone. You might just like it!"–Smart SolutionsSmart Solutions

"I'm sure we can all manage ONE MORNING a year without contacting someone on Skype, Facebook, Twitter, old-fashioned email, or gaming. I Challenge you to take the morning off..."–Diane ChristieByron PC Help

"I know I am guilty of smart phone addiction. Yet, have made a pledge to 'Moodoff Day' and to not 'Browse before Breakfast' every weekend!"–Erik BigalkSmart Solutions PR

"I love the idea of a morning without smartphones. I’m going even further and keeping my smartphone off for the entire day!"–Kat Aoki